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From 5d2ebcc83aecad33805559f202aeb1a6f36f5ecd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Fedora Ninjas <parted-owner@fedoraproject.org>
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:12:19 -0700
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Subject: [PATCH] Add part-label documentation to mkpart command
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The documentation was not clear that the first field is a partition type
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on MBR and a label on GPT.
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Resolves: rhbz#1686659
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---
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doc/C/parted.8 | 5 +++--
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1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/doc/C/parted.8 b/doc/C/parted.8
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index 5a24c94..080a8cf 100644
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--- a/doc/C/parted.8
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+++ b/doc/C/parted.8
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@@ -73,12 +73,13 @@ Create a new disklabel (partition table) of \fIlabel-type\fP. \fIlabel-type\fP
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should be one of "aix", "amiga", "bsd", "dvh", "gpt", "loop", "mac", "msdos",
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"pc98", or "sun".
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.TP
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-.B mkpart \fIpart-type\fP \fI[fs-type]\fP \fIstart\fP \fIend\fP
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+.B mkpart \fI[part-type|part-label]\fP \fI[fs-type]\fP \fIstart\fP \fIend\fP
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Make a \fIpart-type\fP partition for filesystem \fIfs-type\fP (if specified),
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beginning at \fIstart\fP and ending at \fIend\fP (by default in megabytes).
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\fIfs-type\fP can be one of "btrfs", "ext2", "ext3", "ext4", "fat16", "fat32",
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"hfs", "hfs+", "linux-swap", "ntfs", "reiserfs", or "xfs".
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-\fIpart-type\fP should be one of "primary", "logical", or "extended".
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+For MBR labeled devices \fIpart-type\fP should be one of "primary", "logical", or "extended".
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+For GPT labeled devices \fIpart-label\fP is used instead, and can be any short alphanumeric string.
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.TP
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.B name \fIpartition\fP \fIname\fP
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Set the name of \fIpartition\fP to \fIname\fP. This option works only on Mac,
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--
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2.20.1
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